# Not even a dime for a phone call? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 2, 2005, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-even-a-dime-for-a-phone-call/329081 "2005-11-02T14:35:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sgt.Pepper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Sgt.Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sgt.Pepper)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2005, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-even-a-dime-for-a-phone-call/329081/21 "2005-11-02T18:08:03Z")
Much like **Smeghead** everything in my pockets must be in thier proper places or I don’t feel right. Front right pocket: Keys, coins, bills, lighter. Front left pocket: Hanky to wipe glasses, chapstick, nail clippers, smokes. Back Right: Wallet Back Left: Gum, if I have any. If I have any other pockets I’ll try to put my smokes and lighter there as they’re too bulky and get crushed in my pants pockets. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2005, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-even-a-dime-for-a-phone-call/329081/22 "2005-11-02T18:49:16Z")
If not in biker mode, I will have at least DL, CC permit, a credit card, paper money, cell phone, digi camera, .38 revolver, appropiate keys. If in biker mode, all of the above + 20#'s of other stuff. Have been known to carry a spare battery for my bike ( dry cell ) in my vest pocket. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2005, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-even-a-dime-for-a-phone-call/329081/23 "2005-11-02T19:16:10Z")
> [@Sgt.Pepper](#): > > Back Left: Gum, if I have any. Doesn’t it get all warm and squishy? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2005, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-even-a-dime-for-a-phone-call/329081/24 "2005-11-02T19:18:49Z")
A couple of scrap pieces of paper (email addresses, phone numbers, directions), two ratty old transfers for the TTC buses, my wallet, and some spare change. I’m _boring_. ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2005, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-even-a-dime-for-a-phone-call/329081/25 "2005-11-02T19:58:25Z")
At home, penknife, + pocket screwdriver in my watch pocket. If going out, add keys, wallet, change holder, money, comb, handkerchief, pen, pocket book(s). If going to work, also add transit pass, ID card. Boring also. ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2005, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-even-a-dime-for-a-phone-call/329081/26 "2005-11-02T20:09:06Z")
Left Rear: Wallet Left front: Ten twenties That’s it! The keys are in my ignition. _crosses fingers that Jeep is still there_ ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2005, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-even-a-dime-for-a-phone-call/329081/27 "2005-11-02T22:47:58Z")
Wallet, key ring, comb, badge case, pocket change. Sometimes a pen or a roll of mints. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2005, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-even-a-dime-for-a-phone-call/329081/28 "2005-11-02T23:09:34Z")
right front; wallet and iPod Nano left front; Nintendo DS right rear; nothing left rear; car keys ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2005, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-even-a-dime-for-a-phone-call/329081/29 "2005-11-02T23:20:53Z")
Right now? Chapstick and a paperclip. Usually I carry my purse which has my wallet, keys, 4 pens, Sudoku book, ZenTouch, novel, phone, lighter and hand lotion as winter is coming. Don’t know why I still carry the lighter, I quit smoking a couple weeks ago. Oh, and I usually have the latest copy of Dose or The Weal in my bag too (free papers that I read, one is on nearly every corner the other is the college paper). ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-even-a-dime-for-a-phone-call/329081/30 "2005-11-03T00:59:31Z")
Chain wallet in my back right pocket, keys in my front left. Gum and lighter in my front right, random papers, a knife and other crap in the cargo pockets. Program schedule in my left sweatshirt pocket, CD player in my right. Basically, everything I tend to take out often is on my right, and everything I take out less than twice is on the left. I didn’t choose this orientation. My handedness did. ---
**Author:** ![wolfstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d6d6ee/32.png) [@wolfstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfstu)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-even-a-dime-for-a-phone-call/329081/31 "2005-11-03T01:27:52Z")
Everything has its place, but there are several configurations. _ **Regular deployment: Service Dress, Formal Dress** _ Pants, front left: - “Limited Wallet” (small leather envelope, basically) including:[ul][li]Provincial driver’s licence,[_]Provincial health card,[_]Credit card,[_]Bus tickets enough for two trips on each municipal transit system appropriate to the deployment (unless a buss pass is owned),[_]Paper money as appropriate, andOther cards as necessary to the deployment, often including: Student card, Military ID card, Fuel discount card[/ul][/li]- Bus pass, if one owned. - Bank card in case, if necessary to the deployment. Pants, front right - Black-ink pen with retractable ball or with cap, and with clip. - Facial tissue, if required. - Additional deployment-specific items, if required. Pants, rear right and left _none_ Pants, cargo right and left _none_ _ **Overseas or Special Deployments** _ As above, but “Limited Wallet” is replaced by full wallet with most cards and additional material. _ **Winter Dress** _ As above, but with the following additions: Jacket, left - Gloves, when not worn - Sunglasses Jacket, right - Toque (if required) - Scarf, when not worn Jacket, internal - Keys - Sensitive items, as designated - Change canister _ **Spring/Fall Jacket** _ As for the winter jacket, with the keys moved to the right jacket pocket, and with the scarf removed from pocket storage. The change canister may be remove dform pocket sotrage or place in a jacket pocket so as to balance the weight across the jacket. _ **Flying Suit** _ Left arm - Pilot’s licences, medical certificate, radiotelephone operator’s certificate, all defended by plastic bag. - Military driver’s licence Left breast - Chap stick - Deployment logbook - Paper - Keys, if no jacket worn Right breast - As for ‘Pants, left’ in Service Dress - Sensitive documents, including logbook and logbook pen if required Map clips - Map (only in cockpit) - Route documentation (only in cockpit) Hip, left _none_ Hip, right - Facial tissue, if required Leg _none_ Knife - Knife or multitool, if required. - Bus tickets for the next trip, if required. Pen holder, left - Red pen with retractable ball or with cap, and with clip - Blue pen with retractable ball or with cap, and with clip Pen holder, right - Black pen, gift from a student. - Pencil, sharpened and of sufficient length to not get lost in pen-holder, OR Pencil, mechanical with lead. Left ankle - _Ab initio_ lesson plan guide - Flight training progress cards Right Ankle - Wedge cap ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-even-a-dime-for-a-phone-call/329081/32 "2005-11-03T01:41:54Z")
Front right: coin purse, loose bills, pocket knife, personal keys Front left: wallet, work keys Back right: 3 pens–1 each black, blue & red ---
**Author:** ![Imasquare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Imasquare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imasquare)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-even-a-dime-for-a-phone-call/329081/33 "2005-11-03T01:48:13Z")
> [@5que](#): > > [President Johnson ordering pants.](http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/prestapes/lbj_haggar.html) > > Note knife, money, nuts, and bunghole. Great link - thanks. I wonder if the funeral he was going to was JFK’s? All I have in my pockets is my wallet. I don’t feel comfortable having my pockets weighed down with lots of stuff. Sometimes I wish I were a woman so I could carry a handbag (US purse) to keep my stuff in. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-even-a-dime-for-a-phone-call/329081/34 "2005-11-03T01:55:25Z")
Pocket the right: Pen and wallet. Pocket the left: Wrist watch (with broken watch band) and cell phone. Cargo pocket the left: sunglasses case. Hanging from a belt loop: keys on a carbeener (sp?) Looped into my belt: Gerber multi-tool knife dealie. ---
**Author:** ![Sgt.Pepper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Sgt.Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sgt.Pepper)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-even-a-dime-for-a-phone-call/329081/35 "2005-11-03T13:05:59Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > Doesn’t it get all warm and squishy? :eek: I usually buy the stuff that in a bubble pack covered with foil so it doesn’t get warm and squishy. But if I don’t consume it quickly then the individual peices will get all cracked up and start to crumble. ---
**Author:** ![Feydeau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Feydeau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feydeau)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-even-a-dime-for-a-phone-call/329081/36 "2005-11-03T16:33:27Z")
> [@Imasquare](#): > > Great link - thanks. I wonder if the funeral he was going to was JFK’s? The date of the conversation was August 9, 1964, so I’d say no, not JFK’s funeral. I’m not at all sure I’m confortable knowing that a POTUS used the word “bunghole.” Talk about TMI. Oh, yes. My pockets. Front left – keys (and cell, when I carry it out of my car). Front right – paper money, eye drops (coins only till I get home or to my car. I _hate_ carrying coins around. It makes you jingle). Rear left – comb. Rear right – wallet. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-even-a-dime-for-a-phone-call/329081/37 "2005-11-03T16:51:52Z")
> [@Imasquare](#): > > Sometimes I wish I were a woman so I could carry a handbag (US purse) to keep my stuff in. I asked about men’s handbags in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=333437&highlight=handbag). I actually went through with it and purchased [one of these](http://www.leathertree.com/shopproducts.asp?categoryid=22&categoryname=Mens+handbags+) - the “Europa Field Bag”, to be specific. I love it. I have absolutely nothing in my pockets right now. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-even-a-dime-for-a-phone-call/329081/38 "2005-11-03T17:40:18Z")
Boy, some of you guys carry tons of crap around. I have my wallet (with money, ID, and credit cards), 30 cents in change, my keys, a small pocket knife (on the keychain), and my cellphone (clipped onto my belt). ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-even-a-dime-for-a-phone-call/329081/39 "2005-11-03T20:23:14Z")
A little wallet thingie with a keyring attached. That’s it. I’m a girl but purses I can do without (and makeup too, so that negates a lot of the need for a purse). ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-even-a-dime-for-a-phone-call/329081/40 "2005-11-03T20:36:13Z")
I remember Reagan going to a McDonald’s during the '84 campaign, ordering and getting his food, and walking away with the tray. The press corps shouted at him that he had to pay for his food. An obliging White House handler did it for him. Oh, in my pockets? _At home or on my own time_ Left front: keys Right front: to-do list; penknife Left rear: 3 or 4 Kleenex _At work (suit and tie)_ As above, and also… Inside left pocket of suit: Calendar and pen Inside right pocket of suit: Wallet And FWIW, payphones around here take 50 cents now, even for a local call. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-even-a-dime-for-a-phone-call/329081.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-even-a-dime-for-a-phone-call/329081.md?page=3)